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“Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

Variant: You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence
-Eli
Source: Along for the Ride

“There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.”

Sarah Dessen

Source: Someone Like You (1998)

“What you have to decide… is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.”

Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever

Source: The Truth About Forever

“I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you told it to. Or maybe if, when you finally got it out, the story was really all that mattered.”

Sarah Dessen book Just Listen

Source: Just Listen

“There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.”

Sarah Dessen book Just Listen

Source: Just Listen

“I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say.”

Sarah Dessen

“I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.”

Sarah Dessen book Just Listen

Source: Just Listen

“Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.”

Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever

Source: The Truth About Forever

“Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.”

Sarah Dessen

“So many versions of just one memory, and yet none of them were right or wrong. Instead, they were all pieces. Only when fitted together, edge to edge, could they even begin to tell the whole story.”

Sarah Dessen book Just Listen

Source: Just Listen

“I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect… As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.”

Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever

Source: The Truth About Forever

“You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out.”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

Source: Along for the Ride

“An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it would always have the last word.”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

Source: Along for the Ride

“Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby

“I just thought to my self, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby